Container



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Patented a. 23, 1928."

UNITED STATES WALTER S. GRANT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CONTAINER.

Application filed July 15, 1927. Serial No. 205,880.

My invention relates to improvements in containers, and its particular object is to provide a container which (a) may be shipped, filled with contents, without crating, and (b) complies with Interstate Commerce Commission requirements as to sustaining a 4-foot drop without leakage, and (0) is capable of having its carrying handle and closure cap locked and sealed together forshipment. l0 The container of my invention consists of a drum-shaped body, having a hinged carryinghandle countersunk in its peripheral wall; a folding foot also countersunk in said peripheral wall; and a telescopic pouring spout mounted through an annular depressionin said peripheral wall; a screw-tln'eaded collar fixed in said depression;'a cap forming a closure for said collar; and a locking bar mounted on the flat face of said cap, with' means for locking and sealing said lockingbar and said hinged carrying handle together.

By the construction thus outlined, the containers when ready (filled or empty) for shipment may be compactly loaded in the transportation vehicle, and have no projections-as to spout, handle, or supporting leg-to injure the vehicle or other freight, or the persons of the f reighthandlers.

Other advantages of said container will appear from the appended description.

' Drawings.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a container embodying my invention. I

Fig. 2 is a vertical mid-sectional view of the same, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a fragment of the peripheral wall of said container, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Description.

container, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Within the cupped depression 9 is mounted ascrew-threaded collar 10 having a closure cap 11,which cap 11 is provided with a locking bar 12 having the perforated ears 12 13 projecting beyond the periphery of thecap 11, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Toward the bottom of the drum A a counter-balancing weight 14 is mounted on the in her face of the wall B, to maintain the drum A. in upright position when the leg 5 is extended as shown in Fig. 2. g

A pouring spout 15 telescopes Within the collar 10. spent 15, and partially closing said mouth, is a baffle-plate 16, through which the outer end of the vent tube 17. is mounted as shown in Fig. 2, the function of said bafile-plate 16 and vent tube 17 being to prevent gurgling as the contents of the drum A are poured out.

The bottom of the depression 9 serves to catch any drippings troin the spout 15 after each pouring operation. Pouring is accom- At the inner mouth of the radial plished by tilting the drum A upon its wall B.

Various modifications of structure may be made, departing from the form illustrated and described, without departure from my actual invention as defined in the appended claims.

Iclaim:

1. A. container comprising a drum having a peripheral wall. and a pouring spout radially and telescopically, mounted in said wall, said drum having a folding carrying handle and a folding leg, each arranged to lie within the plane of the peripheral wall of said drum when in folded position.

2. A container comprising a drum having a peripheral wall; a pouring spout telescopically mounted in said wall and arranged to be locked in unextended position within the plane of said wall in handle foldably mounted in said wall and arranged to be locked in folded position within the plane of said wall; and a supporting leg hingedly mountedin a countersink in said well and arranged to be seated within the plane of said wall when in folded position.

In'testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

. WALTERS. GRANT. 

